The coverage started well with a nice bowl of Jade's soup in HMB café accompanied by views of the Chough in the field just to the north. Subsequently:
Seawatch - zilch apart from a/the 1CY Shag alongside the north wall. Too rough to check seaduck
IOM ferry - followed in by common big seagulls
Outfalls - zilch
Middleton model boat pond - zilch
The observatory was set up in 1980. It involves ringing,'vis mig' counts (including seabirds) and general monitoring in the Heysham Nature reserve/power stations/harbour area. The statutory moth trap is in place and also a daily log for butterflies, dragonflies etc. We share an office, kindly provided by EDF Energy, with the County Wildlife Trust. This is located next to the Nature Reserve car park. Do call in. Please leave sightings in the letterbox, ESPECIALLY 'fly-by' seabirds.